The analyst expects both the Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 to arrive this year (likely alongside the new iPhone 17 lineup, if previous launches are anything to go by), according to his latest product roadmap shared with... • Top Rated Comments2 hours ago at 06:58 amI want the iPhone like the Mac, there I can choose Apple or an alternative. If Apple truly believed closed platforms were the way forward they would have sealed the Mac to the App Store years ago.Agreed. I don't care about Andoid as I don't use it, but I do use MacOS, and would prefer iOS to be on the same level.Score: 10 Votes ( | )2 hours ago at 06:40 amWhatever. This news story is very played already. IMO minuscule amount of App Store users will veer off. Who wants more users and passwords, new subscriptions everywhere(to forget about cancelling), security and privacy concerns(with your financials no less). I mean the reasons for not leaving go on and on.Score: 7 Votes ( | )2 hours ago at 06:42 amRegardless of the downsides the open web, the Mac and PC have all benefited from being open platforms more than they've lost out. The closed models of smartphones has created a generation of the IT-illiterate more reliant on corporate overlords than personal responsibility. There is something very wrong with that. Blah Blah viruses but we avoid those as a medical condition by properly educating people, not making them 100% reliable on big pharma.Increased competition only improves things for customers in the end and opening up distribution leaves room for startup business models. If Apple are worried about developers leaving them behind they should improve their offering and make it more competitive.right, apple just fell into a free money tap, and it is impossible for them to willingly turn it off, they need to be forced. whether legal or not would need to be decided by courts, but shareholders would sue in a heartbeat.Score: 6 Votes ( | )2 hours ago at 06:34 amRegardless of the downsides the open web, the Mac and PC have all benefited from being open platforms more than they've lost out. The closed models of smartphones has created a generation of the IT-illiterate more reliant on corporate overlords than personal responsibility. There is something very wrong with that. Blah Blah viruses but we avoid those as a medical condition by properly educating people, not making them 100% reliable on big pharma. Increased competition only improves things for customers in the end and opening up distribution leaves room for startup business models. If Apple are worried about developers leaving them behind they should improve their offering and make it more competitive.Score: 5 Votes ( | )2 hours ago at 06:54 amright, apple just fell into a free money tap, and it is impossible for them to willingly turn it off, they need to be forced. whether legal or not would need to be decided by courts, but shareholders would sue in a heartbeat.Shareholders are happy with the Mac as an open platform. This is Apple's classic double standards again, just like when they refused to put USB-C on the iPhone despite selling a TV remote that included it. Making the iPhone open doesn't remove the App Store distribution model. Plenty of devs use the Mac App Store after all. But as a customer you can also choose the open web, old repositories, Steam, Epic, GOG and a lot of other storefronts. Nothing wrong with some good old fashioned choice.Score: 5 Votes ( | )1 hour ago at 07:36 amEU accepting Apple's concessions. Like when Apple presented changes, the EU told them to hold off on making the changes, then fined Apple for not making the changes. The EU is not a honest actor here.Any evidence for this? Or another case of misunderstanding? I would bet the changes Apple presented didn’t comply either.Score: 3 Votes ( | )Next ArticleGuides Pride wallpaper, carrier satellite connectivity for iPhone 13, Screen Time improvements, and more. Apple Intelligence is what Apple is calling its artificial intelligence feature set. Here's everything we know. Image Playground is Apple's dedicated image creation app that can build cartoon-like pictures based on text descriptions., Apple is locked in last-minute negotiations with Brussels regulators over making changes to its App Store to avoid a series of escalating EU fines due to come into force this week., A new report from the Financial Times today says that Apple is “locked in last-minute” negotiations with the European Commission about ways to ease its App Store anti-steering provisions..